Let My Children Be chords by Ruby Hunter

Key: Bm

🎸 Intro:
|G     |G     |Bm    |Bm    |
|G     |G     |Bm    |Bm    |
|G     |G     |



🎸 Chorus:
Bm
   Let my children be
D                A
   Let them free-ee

I just wanna see
        Bm
They're a part of me

Bm
   Let my children be
D                A
   Let them free-ee

I just wanna see
        Bm
They're a part of me

🎸 Verse:
      Bm
Yeah, he got custody
D
   I saw their house
A
   We were once married
Bm
He's my expense

We had our children
D
   We had our lies
A
   We had our differences
Bm
Now we live different lives

🎸 Chorus:
Bm
   Let my children be
D                A
   Let them free-ee

I just wanna see
        Bm
They're a part of me

🎸 Instrumental:
|G     |G     |Bm    |Bm    |
|G     |G     |Bm    |Bm    |
|Em    |Em    |Bm    |Bm    |
|G     |G     |A     |N.C.  |

🎸 Bridge:
Bm*                       A*
   (Let them free) Let my children free
                       Bm*
(Let them free) Let my children free
                    A
(Let them free) Oh, my children
                    Bm
(Let them free) Oh, my children
                    A
(Let them free) Oh, my children
                    Bm
(Let them free) Oh, my children
                    A
(Let them free) Oh, my children

(Let them free)

🎸 Verse:
Bm
   Oh, getting close
D
   What would you do?
A
   If you was in my position
Bm
   What would you do?

I am a mother
D
   I'll always be
A                          Bm
   I know my children will come looking for me

While they are young
D
   While I'm still here
A
   You need not fear
Bm
My children are near

🎸 Chorus:
Bm
   Let my children be
D                A
   Let them free-ee

I just wanna see
        Bm
They're a part of me

🎸 Outro:
A
   I just wanna see
Bm
They're a part of me
A
   I just wanna see
G                Bm
They're a pa-art of me-eeee

|G     |G     |Bm    |Bm    |
|G     |G     |Bm    |Bm    |
|G     |G     |Bm    |Bm    |
|G     |G     |Bm    |Bm    |
|G     |G     |Bm    |Bm    |
|G     |G     |Bm    |Bm    |
|G


* = Single strum, let ring